cap is thick in the center but thin elsewhere , gray ##ish to whitish , fragile , and with a slightly meal ##y odor and taste . the gills have a dec ##urrent attachment to the stem ( that is , running down the length of the stem ) and are a pale brownish color with ting ##es of red . they are broad ( between 3 and 6 mm ) , and have a close to sub ##dis ##tan ##t spa ##cing , with about 26 – 35 gills reaching the stem . the fragile stem is 3 to 9 cm ( 1 @ . @ 2 to 3 @ . @ 5 in ) long by 0 @ . @ 15 to 0 @ . @
cap is thick in the center but thin elsewhere, grayish to whitish, fragile, and with a slightly mealy odor and taste. the gills have a decurrent attachment to the stem ( that is, running down the length of the stem ) and are a pale brownish color with tinges of red. they are broad ( between 3 and 6 mm ), and have a close to subdistant spacing, with about 26 – 35 gills reaching the stem. the fragile stem is 3 to 9 cm ( 1 @. @ 2 to 3 @. @ 5 in ) long by 0 @. @ 15 to 0 @. @